Poultry-feeder.



A. JOHNSON. POULTRY FEEDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.1, 1914.

Patnted 0ct.20,1914.

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ANDREW JOHNSON, OF CENTRAL CITY, KENTUCKY.

POULTRY-FEEDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oer. so, 1914.

Application filed April 1, 1914. Serial No. 828.822.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Central City, in the county of Muhlenberg and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in .Poult'y-Feeders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved poultry feeder and consists in the construction, combinationand arrangementof devices hereinafter described and claimed.

Ihe object of the invention is to provide an improved device by means of which poul tr ma be fed and revented from wastin J y I e the feed.

Another object is to provide an adjustably mounted cover for the feed pan, a further object being to provide means to prevent the fowls from crowding and from throwing thefeed sidewise with their bills and wasting it. y

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure l is a vertical central sectional, view of a poultry feeder constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the same on the plane indi-.

cated by the line w-a of Fig. 1. I

In the embodiment of my invention I provide a cylindrical body or hopper 1 which is provided with space supportinglegs 2 at its lower side that bear and are secured on the bottom of a feed pan 3 the diameter of which is greater than that of the hopper. Openings 4 are formed between the supporting legs 2. The feed pan, which is preferabt made of sheet metal, has its wall 5 formed at its upper edge with arr-inwardly extending nag openings 13.

A cover 14 is provided for the feed pan. This cover is of greater diameter thanthe feed pan and has a'central opening through which the hopper extends and also has a collar 15 around said opening which extends upwardly on the hopper. Thereby the cover is adapted tobe moved upwardly or downwardly on the hopper to bear directly on the pan if desired to exclude the fowls therefrom or to be adjusted to any desired height above the pan according to the size of the fowls to be fed from the device. To secure the feed pan cover in adjusted position I provide the same with spring pins 16 which may be engaged with any of the openings 13. in the center of the feed pan and below the open bottom of the hopper is a deflecting cone 1? which is also pre erably made of sheet metal and is formed at its base with outstanding lugs 18 which may be soldered or otherwise secured on the bottom of the feed pan. This cone causes the feed to flow outwardly through the openings 4 at the bottom of the hopper into the pan as the feed is consumed by the fowls so that it is automatically fed thereto and the feed is also prevented from accumulating and lodging in the bottom at the center of the feed pan. Toprevent the fowls from throwing the feed sidewise with their bills and wasting it I provide a series of radially arranged partitions 18 which are suitably spaced apart, have their outer ends secured to the wall of the feed pan and their inner ends secured to the wall of the hopper.

While I have herein shown and described apreferred form of my invention I would have it understood that changes may be made in the form, proportionand construction of the several parts without departing from the spirit. of the invention and within the scope of the'appended claim.

Having thus described myinvention, 1 claim A. poultry feeder of the class described comprising a feed pan, a bottomless hopper arranged on the center of the feed pan and having openings at its lower side, a spreading cone in the center of the an and at the bottom of the hoppv pan carried by and vertically adjustable on In testimony whereof I afiix my signature the hopper, the said hopper being provided in presence of two itnesses.

with. supporting bars on its sides and having ANDREW JOHNSON. adjusti opemngs, and the said cover being Witnesses: p provide with spring pins to engage the J OHN JOHNSON, J r.,

openings: ofsaid supporting bars. EDWIN JOHNSON. 

